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huff
[ huhf ]
noun
- a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment:
Just because you disagree, don't walk off in a huff.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- to give offense to; make angry.
- to treat with arrogance or contempt; bluster at; hector or bully.
- Checkers. to remove (a piece) from the board as a penalty for failing to make a compulsory capture.
- Slang. to inhale the vapors of in order to become intoxicated:
to huff glue.
verb (used without object)
- to take offense; speak indignantly.
- to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
- to swell with pride or arrogance; swagger or bluster.
huff
/ 丑蕦蹿 /
noun
- a passing mood of anger or pique (esp in the phrase in a huff )
verb
- to make or become angry or resentful
- intr to blow or puff heavily
- Alsoblow draughts to remove (an opponent's draught) from the board for failure to make a capture
- obsolete.tr to bully
- huffing and puffingempty threats or objections; bluster
Derived Forms
- 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈蝉丑, adjective
- 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
- 藞丑耻蹿蹿颈濒测, adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of huff1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with huff , also see in a huff .Example Sentences
It鈥檚 not unusual to see participants sweating and huffing, their limbs trembling, at the end of a set.
And then there鈥檚 Fox Business鈥 Larry Kudlow 鈥 once a proud free trader, now just another guy huffing Trump fumes 鈥 saying, 鈥淏uying cheap goods is not a real prosperity.鈥
A third centered on concerns about whether, while relieved of duty in 2015, he鈥檇 undertaken policing action when he detained someone who appeared to be huffing gas from an air-conditioning unit near his home.
鈥淭hese muscles were not made for violence,鈥 he huffs.
鈥淚nexcusable,鈥 he huffed, echoing Trump鈥檚 suggestion there may be political terms for wildfire relief.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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